Born in 1947 on a snowy night in Oswego, NY, he resembled his father so much that the nurses claimed he was a “chip off the old block” and he has been known as Chip ever since. He graduated from St. Paul’s Academy in 1961, and went on to attend Oswego’s Catholic High School, graduating… Read More »

This evening our guest speaker was North Carolina Lions President Wayne Faber. It helps that he happens to be a member of our club, of course! He shared some updates about the efforts in western North Carolina. Camp Dogwood has become a hub for storing supplies and Tammy Thomas has done a phenomenal job of… Read More »

I honestly did not think I would be saying this! But the Apex Lions were actually back at the NC State Fair in 2024. Well, some of us, anyway. We were contacted by the Raleigh Jaycees to assist them with their Turkey Shoot event. As with many volunteer organizations the pool of willing volunteers seems… Read More »

On Monday, October 21st, Lion John Lynde served at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic School performing free vision screenings. This was organized by Lion Joe’l Lynde who is a teacher at the school. Nurse Wendy coordinated the students of first, third and fifth grades to make this process as efficient as possible. Before lunch time we… Read More »

Apex got a new Fire Chief two years ago and this evening he was our special guest speaker. Chief Tim Herman came to us from Garner where he was in the Garner Fire Department for 26 years and was the Chief for the last 12 of those years. Tim started off by informing us that… Read More »

Lion William Jennings “Bill” Booth, Jr. was born July 10 1934 in Apex, near his dad’s Apex Lumber Company mill. Lion Bill graduated from Apex High School.  He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a proud Tar Heel.  Rumor has it his blood was Tar Heel blue. While at Chapel… Read More »

At our recent Apex Lions Club meeting, we were privileged to hear from Amy Lynn Clark, Director of Development at ALS United. Amy shared powerful information about ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease), a progressive neurological disease that impacts 5,000 people each year in the U.S. With no known cure, ALS presents significant challenges… Read More »

Members of the Apex Lions club served citizens of Apex at the Apex Night out / Touch-A-Truck event on October 1st, 2024. As we have done in previous years, we brought our vision screening camera to the event and offered free vision screenings for all. In three and one half hours we performed a total… Read More »

This evening, we were honored to host Tom Lamont, Director of Community Engagement for the Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina. A Wilmington resident, Tom holds a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communications from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (1980) and a Master of Arts in Radio and Television from the University of… Read More »

The coaching staff for the Apex High School Track team were invited to our meeting this evening. We presented the coaches with the proceeds from the Apex Lions Relays this past April. Since 1979 the Apex Lions have partnered with the Apex High School Track team to host the Apex Lions Relays. Over the years… Read More »